Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants for (a) universal credit, (b) employment and support allowance and (c) personal independence payments have ceased their claims between March 2020 to present.
The information requested for Universal Credit and Employment and Support Allowance is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. However, the latest Universal Credit statistics: user engagement survey report does include a statement, in section 4, regarding the development of Universal Credit flows data, as part of the Universal Credit statistics release strategy.
The Department publishes ESA quarterly caseload figures and UC monthly caseload figures and these can be found at:
https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/
Guidance for users is available at:
https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html
Table 1 below shows the number of claimants receiving PIP who ceased their PIP claim each month from March 2020 to October 2020, the latest data available, who were receiving PIP at the end of the previous month.
Table 1: Number of PIP claimants who ceased their PIP claim, March 2020 – October 2020
Month | Number of PIP claims that are ceased |
Mar-20 | 14,270 |
Apr-20 | 16,460 |
May-20 | 8,660 |
Jun-20 | 9,120 |
Jul-20 | 7,720 |
Aug-20 | 11,610 |
Sep-20 | 11,290 |
Oct-20 | 14,930 |
Source: PIP Atomic Data Store
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